~ 2 days later ~
"J.T. what are you so nervous about?" Manny asked as she and her two best friends, J.T. and Emma, sat in homeroom.
"N...n...nothing," he said sheepishly, his cheeks turning a deep shade of pink.
Manny gave him a confused look and turned to face Emma, who was babbling on and on about some new kid and how cute he was. Manny interrupted and they began talking about some guys they met when they had been at The Dot Grill on Saturday. Emma noticed a hint of jealousy in J.T.'s brown eyes, but decided it was nothing. Later that day, Emma came across a very excited looking J.T. reading the newest edition of The Grape Vine.
"Wow, J.T. Yorke, reading, what has the world come to?" She giggled.
"Ha ha very funny Emma," he replied, "I wish I could stay and chat, but I gotta go, see ya!"
"What am I going to do with you, J.T.?" She mumbled with a grin as she made her way back to the crowded lunch room.
After school Manny went home, tired and bored, school had been especially dull that day. As soon as she got in the door she dropped her backpack and ran up the stairs to her room. She grabbed a picture off her dresser and fell back on her bed with a sigh. It was a picture of J.T. that she had taken over the summer. She had kept her crush on J.T. a secret, even from Emma, but now it was getting harder. Every time she saw him she loved him more and more. She began gazing at the picture and recovered from her trance only after hearing the door open behind her. "Hey Manny, sorry I didn't call first, I didn't think you'd care." She heard a familiar voice say.
"Oh.uh..hi Em.uh that's fine," she said, frantically trying to hide the picture.
"What's that?" Emma asked.
"Uh..nothing," she stuttered.
"C'mon Manny let me see!" Emma took the picture from Manny's grasp and her eyes grew wide with surprise.
"Omigosh Manny, you like J.T.?"
"No! Why would you think that?"
"C'mon Manny I saw the way you were staring at that picture, you can tell me!"
"Fine," Manny replied "I like J.T. Ok?"
"Manny why didn't you tell me," She asked with a giggle in her voice.
"Because, I didn't want you to think I was totally insane!" She replied.
"I think it's totally cute!" She replied, now laughing. "Besides." she said, getting serious again, "I think he likes you too."
"No way, he's obsessed with Paige remember."
"No he's..."
"DINNER!" Manny's mom called, interrupting Emma's comment.
"C'mon Em let's go *sigh*"
~ Meanwhile ~
Kendra took a deep breath as she entered her family's kitchen, Jimmy had come over for dinner and she did NOT want to turn into some bubbly babbling freak, it totally wasn't her style. She had been trying to tell herself that she didn't like Jimmy, but he was just so cute and totally buff, and.. "There I go again," she thought to herself.
"Finally Kendra, I thought you got lost on your way down," her mom joked.
"Sorry, I had some stuff to do..Oh hi Jimmy, I didn't know you were coming over," she said coolly, but inside she knew she was at risk of totally humiliating herself at any moment.
"J.T. what are you so nervous about?" Manny asked as she and her two best friends, J.T. and Emma, sat in homeroom.
"N...n...nothing," he said sheepishly, his cheeks turning a deep shade of pink.
Manny gave him a confused look and turned to face Emma, who was babbling on and on about some new kid and how cute he was. Manny interrupted and they began talking about some guys they met when they had been at The Dot Grill on Saturday. Emma noticed a hint of jealousy in J.T.'s brown eyes, but decided it was nothing. Later that day, Emma came across a very excited looking J.T. reading the newest edition of The Grape Vine.
"Wow, J.T. Yorke, reading, what has the world come to?" She giggled.
"Ha ha very funny Emma," he replied, "I wish I could stay and chat, but I gotta go, see ya!"
"What am I going to do with you, J.T.?" She mumbled with a grin as she made her way back to the crowded lunch room.
After school Manny went home, tired and bored, school had been especially dull that day. As soon as she got in the door she dropped her backpack and ran up the stairs to her room. She grabbed a picture off her dresser and fell back on her bed with a sigh. It was a picture of J.T. that she had taken over the summer. She had kept her crush on J.T. a secret, even from Emma, but now it was getting harder. Every time she saw him she loved him more and more. She began gazing at the picture and recovered from her trance only after hearing the door open behind her. "Hey Manny, sorry I didn't call first, I didn't think you'd care." She heard a familiar voice say.
"Oh.uh..hi Em.uh that's fine," she said, frantically trying to hide the picture.
"What's that?" Emma asked.
"Uh..nothing," she stuttered.
"C'mon Manny let me see!" Emma took the picture from Manny's grasp and her eyes grew wide with surprise.
"Omigosh Manny, you like J.T.?"
"No! Why would you think that?"
"C'mon Manny I saw the way you were staring at that picture, you can tell me!"
"Fine," Manny replied "I like J.T. Ok?"
"Manny why didn't you tell me," She asked with a giggle in her voice.
"Because, I didn't want you to think I was totally insane!" She replied.
"I think it's totally cute!" She replied, now laughing. "Besides." she said, getting serious again, "I think he likes you too."
"No way, he's obsessed with Paige remember."
"No he's..."
"DINNER!" Manny's mom called, interrupting Emma's comment.
"C'mon Em let's go *sigh*"
~ Meanwhile ~
Kendra took a deep breath as she entered her family's kitchen, Jimmy had come over for dinner and she did NOT want to turn into some bubbly babbling freak, it totally wasn't her style. She had been trying to tell herself that she didn't like Jimmy, but he was just so cute and totally buff, and.. "There I go again," she thought to herself.
"Finally Kendra, I thought you got lost on your way down," her mom joked.
"Sorry, I had some stuff to do..Oh hi Jimmy, I didn't know you were coming over," she said coolly, but inside she knew she was at risk of totally humiliating herself at any moment.